kristen: thank you so much for joining us for "getting answers" tonight, president biden facing growing questions about the handling of classified documents at his former office and home. the president ignoring reporters pressing him about five more documents found at his home in delaware. the white house insisting it is fully cooperating with the justice department and the newly appointed special counsel. house republicans now demanding to see visitor logs for his home. democrats and republicans accusing each other of a double standard when it comes to former pesident trump and the hundreds of classified documents found at mar-a-lago. mary bruce at the white house. also tonight, invld a catastrophic collision at jfk h in new york. one plane speeding down the runway for takeoff.

another plane suddenly in its past. gio benitez standing by. the major storm hitting the west at this hour. the last in a brutal pattern of extreme weather. los angeles with more rain this month than all of last year. the new system moving coast to coast now, reaching the east by thursday. ginger zee timing it all out. the war in ukraine. the death toll rising from a russian missile strike on an apartment building in dnipro. at least 40 people killed, a dozen missing. while the u.s. is now training ukrainian forces here on american soil. matt gutman on the ground. news on the chilling plane crash in nepal, killing at least 69 people. authorities recovering the black boxes from the crash site. italy's most wanted mafia boss behind bars tonight after 30 years in hiding. back in the u.s., a university of alabama basketball player charged with murder, allegedly firing into a car near

campus, killing a woman in the passenger seat. his coach coming before the cameras today. erernen a sllma town in ine tryi tngo guess if their neighbor is amera'ics newest biiollnaire. >> a>nd paygin tribute to dr. martin luther king jr. what theay d of seicrve across america. good eveng,in it'sre get eagrt to hav yeou with us. i'm whit johnso in,n forav did tonit.gh bweegin whit presintde biden cing growing questnsiove or s handlgin of claifssied docuntmes. his lyeawrs revealgin tshi ekweend that five meor pages we freound at the esprident's dewalare ho,me raising concern s ouabt potenalti risks to naontial secury.it presenidt biden ignoring suthoed quesontis as herr aivedac bk at thwhe ite hous etoday, fueling cuacsations aof lack of antrsparency. house rubeplicans now demanngdi

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telluss there a nreo offici al visitor gslo forhe t preside'snt privathoe me in dewalare, just as trehe were no fneor donald trums p'prive atclub mar-l-aago, wherthe e formerre psident tk oo hundre odsf classiedfi documents and resefud to turthn em over to authitories. den offialcis noting reblpuicans show littline terest in invesgatiting tha at,ccusing lawmaks erof "a shelamessly pocritic aalttempt tato tack presenidt biden." mary bruce jnioing us fmro the whi tehouse. and mary, the admisintration ilstl notay singhe wther tyhe will cooperateit wh the hoeus investigioatns. >> rorepter: wh,it the whi te ushoe is sllti decniling to say ether tyhe willom cplyit wh these republanic-led vestigatnsio, but tyhe say eyth are flyul coopetirang with the justiceep dartment vestigatn,io which may help this to go quklicy. but itwh,he tre'so nqutieson, ther ies a real sense of ustrioatn heret a the wtehi use tonight. >> a llright, myarru bce, thank yo u. > >>now to that nearat castrheop at new york's jfk airport. onef o the busstie in the couny.tr twola pnes taki ongff on a collioisn course, one travengli over 100il mes per hour, ordered

a screeinchg halt and then ck tohe t gate. the oerth aowlled toon ctinue its takeoff. nitoght, qstueionsbo aut why ey were treated differentl y, dan whaten wtwr ong, as the instveigation tsge under y.wa absc' tnsraportatio n rrcoespondent gio benit iezs at jfk. >> reporr:te tonightfe, deral authorits ieinvestiginatg a dangerous near ms isat jfk. listen taio r trafficoc ntrol a of colliding. >> [ bleep ], delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans. >> rejecting. all right then. ah -- whew. delta 1943. >> reporter: that delta plane was taking off friday night, moving at over 100 miles per hour, when the pilots were told the slam on the breaks. an american airlines plane apparently crossing the wrong runway at the same time. >> the last clearance we were given we were clear to cross. is that correct? >> guess we'll listen to the tapes, but you were supposed to depart runway four left, you're

currently holding short of 3-1 left. >> reporter: brian healy on that delta flight. >> i don't think anyone knew quite how close a call it was. >> reporter: the delta flight was traveling to the dominican republic with 145 passengers on board. it went back to the gate and awaited instructions. but somehow, the american flight with 137 passengers on board took off to london just 20 minutes later. >> with the delta airplane, they did a high speed abort and so following that, the mechanics need to do a very detailed inspex. with the american airplane, it didn't do the high speed abort, therefore, there was no damage or inspection needed of that airplane, so it could continue on. >> reporter: because cockpit voice recorders only save two hours of audio, the pilots' discussion during this critical moment was lost. >> clearly, it would be nice to have the other additional cvr from the american aircraft, but there's no requirement right then and there to pull the

tapes. >> reporter: tonight, american airlines saying, "we are conducting a full internal review." both airlines calling the safety of their customers and crew a top priority. delta adding in a statement they "will work with and assist aviation authorities." >> gio benitez back with us now from jtq. and gio, the faa says those planes crossed within one 1,000 feet of each other, and aviation experts are telling you this could have been even more dangerous if different aircraft were involved. >> reporter: that's right, whit, because we're talking about a 737. and a 737 takes off at a slower speed. so, if this was a bigger, faster plane, this really could have been catastrophic. whit? >> thankfully everybody was okay. gio, thank you. now, to that massive new roorm heading ac country. at this hour, 12 states on alert from calorifnia to waio,ef bore vesere weaerth strikeshe t south and rnai rcheaes theno rtheast. tonit,gh 8 milonlieo pple on flood wchat in california. mudslides smmlagin into homes,

forcing evacuioatns in bkeerley hehtigs. the rain causing a road to crblume and then slip down a hill in san mateo county. and wheoitut condition isnhe t siraers closing part ofig hhway 80. let's get rhtig to a'sbc chief meteolorogist gierng zee. and ging,er tsehe artles are despreadon tight. >> reporr:te oh, yeah, whit, fr tomhe mexican border and izarona all the way to nebraska. seein wter storm rnwaings, becaeus that seam storm that broughthe t latestai rn and snow ctoaliforni ias going to spli over the rockies, the derest uthwest,nd a bngri significant ow, 'rwee talking on the order ofne o to two feeint om se aces, a tllhe way up to nver. now, as thatlo sw slides thug t night touhrgh wedneaysd for the ckies erthe, but byed wnesday ternoon,t iru epts into severe stormsro fm mississip bpiack to, say,or ptothur est,win betly tou tiit of apwraround. they'v head a huge season, -p48lus inesch. th seyhould see tirhe whole asseonal sno awlready by the

me wend e this thg inand we've stlil got months yet in winter go. whit? >> nggier, tnkha you. overseas tonhtig, and the war in ukraine. the u.s. ramping up its suppo rt of ukrainian troo,ps tinraing underay w n iown gernyma and he orenme arican soil at laokhoma's fort sill. meantime, the death toll is risingft aer ttha russian ssile siktre on an apartment builngdi in ipdnro, one of russia's deadliest attack on civilisan so far. abc's matt tmguan is in dnipro again tonight. >> rorepter: tonhtig, russia launinchg new strikeacs ross ukraine,il kling civiailns. elling ikhn erson leinavg at least the repeople dd.ea and tinhe russi-canontrolled eaerstn donetsrek gion, rockets destyirong this opshping center, unwoding sevaler people. wnoord wonhich sidise to ame. and w nevideo toghnit rculatinong line shongwi the moment aus rsian mislesi liobterated isth apartme bntlock dnipro. eth death toll now rising to at ast 40. a dozenti sll unaccoundte for. raine claiminkh-22

missile designed to sink aircraft carriers. rescuers pulling this woman out alive sunday, scooping her up in their arms, carefully carrying her to medics. she survived 20 hours in the cold and the smoke. tonight, we learned she's deaf. her husband and son still missing. you can see the rescuers still working on the rubble. they're using grab cranes and those lifts over there. now they've managed to claw down to about the first floor, but at this point, hope of finding survivors has dimmed here. this is now a recovery operation. and with each scrape of the shovel, the cleanup continues. neighbors laying flowers on benches. this man walking towards the pile, tearing up. we visited a hospital in dnipro where they're caring for the wounded, and meet oleg, his body riddled with shrapnel from head to toe. he tells me as soon as learned his wife survived, nothing else mattered -- not the wounds, not the pain. and whit, ukrainian intelligence

now claiming that vladimir putin wants to seize all of eastern ukraine by march. that, as we're seeing an uptick in the training of ukrainian troops on u.s. soil and in europe ahead of what military officials tell me will be a significant intensification of fighting in the coming months. whit? >> matt gutman in ukraine again for us tonight. thank you. turning to the search for answers after a devastating plane crash in nepal. crews have now found the black boxes and are recovering bodies from the deep gorge where the plane went down. at least 69 are confirmed dead, three more missing or also feared dead. the plane going down just moments before landing. abc's britt clennett in depal's capital, kathmandu. >> reporter: tonight, in this thousand-foot deep george in the shadow of the himalayas, some 300 searchers continue to look for victims and clues amid the wreckage of nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years. officials displaying the cockpit voice and data recorders they recovered today, said to be in good condition.

the twin engine turbo prop aircraft operated by nepal's yeti airlines took off from the capital of kathmandu for a short half-hour flight to pokhara, known as a haven for tourists. one minute from landing, watch closely as the plane banks sharply to the left before exploding. an airport spokesman says the pilot requested to change runways before the crash, and it was granted. and while weather is known to change rapidly here, as you can see, the skies were clear and blue at the time of the crash. since 2000, some 350 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in nepal. the european union has banned nepali planes from its airspace since 2013, citing safety concerns. it's happening again. it's this deja vu here in nepal. >> the system must be improved, so that such type of accident not happen in the future, so that we have a very robust system in place. >> reporter: whit, here in nepal, they've declared today a

national day of mourning for the victims, and that airport where this happened not only opened two weeks ago. and the investigation into what went wrong could take months. whit? >> britt clennett, thank you. back here in the u.s. now, university of alabama basketball player darius miles charged with murder in connection with a sunday morning shooting of a young woman near campus. toghnit, his cchoa is speakgin t, expresngsi his deepgs e ndcoolenceso t the familyf o the victimsa, ying darsiu miles ist here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, alabama univkealtbl erty m's b ayer dars iumiles isha crged with capalit murder in conneconti with thsue nday morning ooshting neacar mpus thatil kled a 23ea-yr-old won.ma policeay s just berefo 2:00 a.m. suaynd, miles a-- junior rervsee forwa frdor the team, l dl davis, fired into a vehicle, shooting and killing the passenger, 23-year-old jamea harris. police say miles nor davis had

any previous relations with the people in that vehicle. >> at this time, we believe they just had an encounter and got into a minor verbal altercation as they were out and about on the strip. >> reporter: the driver of the vehicle the young woman was in reportedly returned fire. the university and the athletic program immediately removing miles from the team and school. >> i just want to start today by offering our deepest condolences to the family and friends of jamea jonae harris, young woman, daughter, and mother, was taken away too soon from a senseless act. >> reporter: an attorney for darius miles says he maintains his innocence. the university says they are cooperating with the investigation. whit? >> stephanie ramos, thank you. now to italy, where the country's most wanted mafia boss is in custody tonight after 30 years on the run. police say mateo ma cena denarrow, now 60 years old, was arrested at a medical clinic in palermo, sicily. and they say he controlled the

notorious syndicate even during all those years as a fugitive. here's abc's marcus moore. >> reporter: tonight, sicily's most notorious mob boss -- a man who for 30 years eluded capture -- is behind bars. the streets of palermo erupting in cheers. matteo messina denaro went into hiding 30 years ago, but prosecutors say he continued to lead his ruthless crime family. tried in absentia, he was convicted of dozens of murders, including bombings that killed an anti-mafia prosecutor, his wife, and bodyguards. for years, all authorities had to go on were composite sketches. messina denaro, now 60, apprehended in a clinic where he was reportedly receiving cancer treatment. officers say that he did not resist, adding that he was unarmed and dressed like a typical patient at the clinic. except, perhaps, for his $30,000 watch. tonight, he faces several life sentences and, whit, he was the

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♪ we shall overcome ♪ >> as americans honor dr. martin luther king jr., a day of service in communities across the country. in phoenix, 200 people picking oranges. >> teamwork! >> all the fruit going to a local food bank. >> we have to give back to the community and help. >> others served by cleaning up public areas. >> when we do it together, things can actually get done, and the burden isn't just on one part. >> jab johnson came out early to help with his young daughter. >> we just want to reinforce the responsibility of service. >> it's really nishgs because now i know there's actually good people in the work. >> in philadelphia, 20 families cooked and packed 100 bags of food for those in need. in washington, president biden reflected on dr. king's legacy. >> so let's be guided by dr. king's light, which is "let us never grow weary in doing what is right, for if we do not give up, we will reap our harvest in due time."

>> and tonight, dr. king in his own words, from his "drum major instinct speech" in 1968, encouraging the congregation to seek greatness, but to do so through service and love. >> everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. >> thank you so much for watching tonight. i'm whit johnson in new york. for david and all of us here, have a great night.

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. >> you could hear the mud pushing into the house, breaking the doors. dan: an avalanche of mud and golf say home in the east bay. >> and the sun made a glorious return footed brought to light serious and ongoing damage brought by the storms. dan: thank you for joining us. we have live coverage for you because the rain and the damage is not over yet. >> we have live cruise tonight with a look at the worst storm damage and there's a lot of it. dan: we will start with spencer christian to let us know what to expect for the next round of rain. we put you in the middle because that is where the pressure is. spencer: let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see we have mainly clear and calm conditions around the bay area right now. i cannot remember the last

thomas also little rainfall. we do have some scattered showers but they are moving out of the bay area. despite this break, we have a flood watch in effect for the entire bay area through tomorrow evening. let me show you some of the more impressive aspects of the storms. 72 hour rainfall totals in the bay area. over three inches in san francisco. nearly 2.5 inches in san jose. boulder creek come over 7.5 inches. it has been very wet. the sierra snowpack is way above average for this point in the season. 247% of average statewide. there is more rain and more snow to the sierra. you can see we have sunny skies yet one more storm is about to move in wednesday night before the string of sunny days. i will have the full forecast in a few minutes. kristen: we go to the east